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Gabanintha Cemetery - Star of the East -  Reserve 4548 -
40 km (25 mi) SE of Meekatharra WA

8 burials - first Jacob MADDOCK 1895 last William David LIND 1923

BENDER Minnie Sarah — 30yrs, d 7 Nov 1904, Cause Liver Cancer and Heart Failure, Father: Michael KENNEDY, Mother: Mary DUKE, Born Yarram VIC, Married twice, 1^st to George William DAVIS on 8 Sep 1893 at Fitzroy VIC, 2^nd to Oliver Martin BENDER on 3 Dec 1903 at Nannine WA, Children to 1^st marriage: John George Walker b 1897, Olive Mary Ethel b 1898, no children to 2^nd marriage, Reg 1579/1904, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery.

BENDER Minnie Sarah - Photo by Kevin Coate
 

CULLOTON Patrick James — 51wks, d 2 Feb 1896, Father: Edward CULLOTON (Labourer), Mother: Mary Jane MCAULIFFE, Born: Murchison WA, Reg 1015/1896 as CULLETON, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery

DALZIEL William ‘Gilbert’ — 35yrs, d 5 Feb 1901, Cause: Fell Down a Shaft at Tumbulgum Mine, Gabanintha, Father: George DALZIEL, Born Shetland Isles, Scotland, Reg 1444/1901, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery. Mine Death www.wavmm.com

Dalziel - Murchison Advocate - 9 February 1901, page 2

DEMPSEY Peter — 55yrs, d 11 Jan 1902, Occ; Shepherd, Natural Causes, Father: Timothy DEMPSEY, Mother: Catherine SLATTERY, Born: Carrabane, Galway, Ireland Aug 1852, Arrived in WA 1857, Reg 1582/1902, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery

GENGE Eva A — 2yrs, d 22 Feb 1900, Father: Edward GENGE (Miner), Mother: Margaret ‘Maggie’ F E EMERSON, Born: Maitland NSW, Reg 1346/1900, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery.

LIND ‘LINN’ William David — 55yrs, d 8 Nov 1923, At Hill View Station, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Heart Disease while driving a cart, Reg 24/1923 Murchison, (last burial) Buried Gabanintha Cemetery.

LIND - Geraldton Express - 21 November 1923, page 2

MADDOCK Jacob, 43yrs, d 11 May 1895, Cause: Fell down a winze at the Star of the East GM, Gabanintha, Born: Wales, Reg 1170/1895, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery. (First Burial) Mine Accident: www.wavmm.com

PETERSON Peter — 63yrs, d 1 Feb 1901, Occ: Miner, Cause: Suicide by putting a plug of dynamite in mouth, Verdict of the Coroner, Born: Sweden, Reg 1442/1901, Buried Gabanintha Cemetery.

Western Mail 16 February 1901, page 57